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Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 15:To delete subsection (4) and substitute the following: “(4) Provision of or availing of a remote, web-based service shall, if the Irish Sign Language user consents, be sufficient to meet the obligations of a public body under this section.”. Moving an amendment to an amendment sounds a little like poetry or pedantry but I can only...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Mark Daly: The amendment underpins the Broadcasting Act and the activities of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. A substantial mechanism is available to members of the deaf community for engaging on broadcasting. The process is technical and requires reporting of issues relating to interpreters and subtitling and there is always an argument as to whether targets in these areas are being met....

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State, his officials and all Members for the debate on this issue. I hope they will support the amendment in my name. This goes back to the issue of education and to the review of the Act to ensure that it is operating correctly. It will ensure that there will be a requirement on the State, long after we have shuffled off this mortal coil, to produce reports on the...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 41:In page 17, to delete lines 21 to 31 and substitute the following:“Review of the operation of the Act 30.(1) The Minister shall, 3 years after the date on which this act is enacted and every 5 years thereafter require a report to be prepared on—(a) the operation of this Act, (b) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, a report under this...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 43:In page 17, after line 31, to insert the following:“Short title and commencement 30.(1) This Act may be cited as the Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Act 2017.(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days not later than 3 years after the passing of this Act as, by order or orders made by the Minister under this section, may...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Mark Daly: We have already discussed it.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (17 Oct 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State. As he said, this is a civil rights Bill. It ensure that the citizens of this State who suffer from the most extreme marginalisation, as described by our Committee on Justice and Equality, have rights enshrined in law. Members of the deaf community on this island are unable to access the most basic of services. Citizens are excluded from participating in...

Seanad: Situation in Catalonia: Statements (25 Oct 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to discuss events in Catalonia. There is significant cause for concern in the violence that was perpetrated in the region during the attempt to hold a referendum on independence. I have no doubt that some 100 years ago, there were people in Parliaments around Europe pointing to the need for the rule of law to be upheld in Ireland as it...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: Senator Colm Burke is allaying Senator McDowell's concerns.

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (14 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for outlining some of the Government's policies in respect of the Irish overseas. Given that the first policy paper in this area by any political party was published as recently as 2012, we can see where the issue was positioned in terms of political priorities. The fundamental reason for this lack of prioritisation is that the...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (14 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: What of the Irish parliamentary forum?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: The previous Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, used to talk about a scorecard for Ministers but he got rid of it because the scorecard did not show the results he wanted, which tells us a lot about how the Ministers were performing.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: If Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were like Kramer and Kramer, it all ended in divorce 100 years ago. As regards the scorecard on housing, over 120,000 households are on the waiting lists but only 1,000 units have been provided. There are 3,124 children and 5,250 adults in emergency accommodation awaiting housing, on top of those households on the waiting lists, which shows the size of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: A pass rate would be 40% but the Government is nowhere near 40%. In the Leader's county, 38 houses were provided and there were 59 in Cork city for a waiting list of 6,005 households. As Senator Coghlan will be well aware, only 11 houses were provided in Kerry.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: Despite this, 4,166 households are waiting. I do not know, Senator Coghlan, whether you believe that is success but in my mind that is not success.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: For the benefit of Senator Coghlan, these are the Government's figures. If he believes that we cannot believe the Government's figures-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: -----then I do not know where we can go next.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: Possibly of more importance are the figures that have come from The Irish Timeswhich, as Senator Coghlan knows, is the paper of record.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing injury time on the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I want to wish the Danish soccer team the best of luck, as we have talked about red cards.